PBS' FAVORITE FARMERS SOW TIES WITH ROYALTY.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Worlds collided at the Television Critics Association The Television Critics Association (or TCA) is a group of approximately 200 United States and Canadian journalists and columnists who cover television programming. They meet in the Los Angeles area twice a year, in January and July, in conferences known as Winter and Summer Summer Press Tour on Monday: Rural Nebraska met royalty. Juanita and Darrell Buschkoetter, the subject of ``Farmer's Wife farmer’s wife makes hell too hot even for the devil, who sends her back home. [Am. Balladry: “The Devil and the Farmer’s Wife”] See : Shrewishness ,'' a 6-1/2-hour PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, documentary on the financial and family problems of a working farm, had never even flown on an airplane before coming West to help promote the program. Then, after their first limousine ride and spending time "Spending Time" is the first single released by Christian artist Stellar Kart. The lyrics describe the band members desire to spend "more time with God". "Sometimes it’s a real struggle to spend time with God. at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton Huntington (you got it, their first stay in a hotel), they found themselves on the Terrace Patio sipping champagne (OK it was only domestic, but they didn't seem to notice or mind) with a prince. Edward Windsor <noinclude> Edward Arthur Cartwright Windsor (born March 9, 1869, in Launceston, Tasmania) was an Australian cricketer who played first class cricket for Tasmania. , Prince Charles' youngest brother, and seventh in line for the British throne, was also part of the PBS presentation for a series called ``Crown and Country.'' In a semi-set-up photo op, the salt of the earth met the son of the queen. Juanita broke the ice by asking Edward, ``When does your series start?'' The moment wasn't lost on Darrel, who said, ``The longer this goes on, the better it gets.'' He added that he had never seen royalty before, ``except on TV. I'm watching it from in front, and they are way in the back behind the screen.'' It's safe to assume that their second vacation will be a letdown letdown 1. the sudden flush of milk flow that occurs when the calf begins to suck or when milking commences in a properly prepared cow. Depends for its occurrence on the release of oxytocin from the pituitary gland in response to massage of the teats and udder. . Math counts: Don't they teach numbers on ``Sesame Street''? PBS president and chief executive officer Ervin S Er·vin , Samuel James, Jr. 1896-1985. American politician who as U.S. senator from North Carolina (1954-1974) led the committee that investigated the Watergate Scandal during the Nixon administration. . Duggan may be responsible for solidifying so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. PBS' financial status, but he somehow does this without basic math skills. During a Tuesday morning press conference, Duggan said he projects that PBS will spend more on programming in 2000 than its total revenue was in 1995. Sounds good, but the facts were that the revenue was $188 million in 1995 and the projection for programming expenses in 2000 are on target to be $165 million. Last time Daily News bean counters bean counter n. Slang A person, such as an accountant or financial officer, who is concerned with quantification, especially to the exclusion of other matters: checked, $165 million is less, not more, than $188 million. Teller tells all: Teller, the shorter and almost always silent partner in the comedy magic team Penn and Teller, finally spoke. The two will show up on cable channel FX with ``Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular.'' Teller told the assembled television critics why he decided to clam up clam 1 n. 1. a. Any of various usually burrowing marine and freshwater bivalve mollusks of the class Pelecypoda, including members of the genera Venus and Mya, many of which are edible. b. . ``It all started off because I was real interested in magic, and I got really sick of all these people whose magic patter pat·ter 1 v. pat·tered, pat·ter·ing, pat·ters v.intr. 1. To make a quick succession of light soft tapping sounds: Rain pattered steadily against the glass. included things like, you know, they're 15 years old, and they go, `Last week when I was touring China.' I thought that was really lousy.'' He gave his new trademark its first shot while in college, playing for the fraternity crowds. He found that shouting over the crowd ended up working against him. What he found to be effective was having two long spotlights aimed at him, and keeping his trap shut. ``Suddenly, momentarily, the frat boys would set down their cups of beer and remove their hands from their girlfriend's breasts and pay attention.'' Good vibrations: A movie is in the works on the roller-coaster life of Beach Boy Brian Wilson. ``There's a script that's been written about my life, and it looks like within the next three or four months they're going to make a movie on my life,'' Wilson told the assemblage of TV writers. Wilson said the film would include as many as a dozen of his songs. ``We're not sure exactly of the format of the movie, but I can say there will be a movie on my life and it will have a lot of my songs in it,'' he added. Wilson, who founded the group, which included his late brothers Carl and Dennis, was on hand to discuss VH1's ``Endless Harmony: The Beach Boys and Their Music.'' The two-hour documentary will air Aug. 23. Asked who he'd like to play him, Wilson said his suggestion of Ryan O'Neal had already been rejected. ``But I thought Ryan O'Neal would be a very good approximation of me for the movie,'' he said. |
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